Item 21: Quilling - silk industry, So. Manchester, Conn., U.S.A., 1914
File — Box: 10, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Black-and-white image depicts a female textile worker quilling yarn. Quilling is the last process in the long-chain system for filling yarns, in which the threads forming the chain are wound on filling bobbins, or quills, ready for the shuttle. This image was most likely taken at the Cheney Bros. silk mill. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Dates
- 1914
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian
Conditions Governing Access
From the Collection:
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Extent
6.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
Contact:
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Ithaca NY 14853